Bou Assi: Int'l Community Has No Intention to Naturalize Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Social Affairs Minister Pierre Bou Assi stressed Wednesday that “the international community has no intention at all to naturalize Syrian refugees in Lebanon.”
“But what's more important is the stance of the Lebanese and the Lebanese government, which categorically rejects any form of naturalization,” Bou Assi added in an interview with Russia's Sputnik news agency.
Lebanon is home to more than one million registered Syrian refugees -- equal to about a quarter of the country's 4.5 million people. It's the highest refugee population in the world per capita.
Lebanon says that another half a million Syrians live in the country as well, unregistered, and officials say their presence has generated a severe burden that Lebanon can no longer handle alone.
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study.
19 January 2017, 12:07
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hahaha emental, dont even go there habboub
you didnt even know zouk mkayel was christian so go find yourself another tree to bark at.
19 January 2017, 16:50
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Oh they're Christian you Takia tool, problem is they're dumb enough to fall for Iranian implants like you, therefore they are more Iranian in my eyes and don't deserve any recognition. Nice try manipulating words my favorite Takia cheat.
19 January 2017, 16:52
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Of course you'd harass readers Movaten, when you know you've been caught in one of your many lies you resort to harassment, like a whiny child.
19 January 2017, 22:20
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Yet...you ask for 10 billion to finance it? Ask Iran, Turkey, KSA, Jordan and Egypt for the money. For 1 billion, an army could have killed Assad and Hizthrowup.
